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People are spending less time in nature and more time plugged in. That’s what a new study commissioned by the Nature Conservancy is showing. Kyle Norris has more:

People in the U.S. are spending less and less time outdoors. The study says they’re not visiting parks as often, and they’re not going hunting or camping as often. That’s because they’re spending more time online, watching TV, and playing video games.

Melissa Soule is with The Nature Conservancy. She says connecting with nature can change your life. That’s what happened to her while she was kayaking on Lake Superior and watching the sunrise:

“I thought about life. And I thought about how small that I am, and about how short of a time that we have here on this earth, and how I don’t want to see places destroyed. I want to see them protected.”

Soule says if people don’t connect with nature, they won’t care about protecting it. And that’s exactly what the study says will happen.